Quotes by Joe Calzaghe

I like him as a guy, but I'm going to knock him out - Roy Jones is just a prop in a fairytale ending to a great career for me.

I'm a boxer, and every fight could be my last. You just have to remember Michael Watson to know what boxing can do to you.

You think that after becoming world champion, you're going to be a massive superstar with lots of lucrative bouts against great fighters, but that never materialised for me.

When I was 14, I told my careers adviser that I was going to be a world champion boxer. Of course she laughed.

Why am I not a household name in Britain? Why have I not got the recognition I deserve after so long? I think the fact that none of my fights are seen on terrestrial television is significant but, other than that, I don't exactly know. I really don't.

I'm close to achieving something that very few boxers ever have - and that is to retire undefeated, like Rocky Marciano.

Promoting is a no-no - that's hard work. Training is a full-time job, but I don't have time to do that full-time. But managing is something I'll be good at.

If you know you're just fighting for the money and you're not fighting for the championship, you're going to lose, so I thought, 'It's time for me to quit.'

Before the Roy Jones fight, I knew I was going to retire because I couldn't train, my hands had gone, and the hunger had gone.

I never really, really pushed my boys into boxing, but I guess it's in the blood.